GRE Word List
JUXTAPOSE
to place (different things) side by side (as to compare them or contrast them or to create an interesting effect)
The meaning of the word juxtapose is to place (different things) side by side (as to compare them or contrast them or to create an interesting effect).
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| scrap | fragments of discarded or leftover food |
| prey | an animal taken by a predator as food |
| infidel | one who is not a Christian or who opposes Christianity |
| precocious | exceptionally early in development or occurrence |
| fluted | having or marked by grooves |
| ravenous | rapacious |
| comeuppance | a deserved rebuke or penalty : deserts |
| syllogism | a deductive scheme of a formal argument consisting of a major and a minor premise and a conclusion (as in "every virtue is laudable; kindness is a virtue; therefore kindness is laudable") |
| antecede | precede |
| woeful | full of woe : grievous |